a third day ofjubilee celebrations with members of the royalfamily touring the uk nations and a huge build up here at buckingham palace for a star studded concert. caught on camera enjoying the moment charlotte and george accompany their parents the duke and duchess of cambridge to celebrations in cardiff. cheering. here in london. excited ticket holders line up to see a series of stars performing tonight. apart from the royals, i m most excited to see diana ross. i want to see diana ross, queen. amazing. also in the programme tonight. as russia increases military strikes in ukraine s donbass region in the east, ukrainian forces say they ve retaken some areas. and half centuries for the new england cricket captain and the old one as they strive to save the first test against new zealand at lord s. good evening. a third day of celebrations for the queen s platinum jubilee is under way in just under an hour s time an open air concert will begin just behind me here a
earlier today caught on camera enjoying the moment charlotte and george accompanied their parents the duke and duchess of cambridge to celebrations in cardiff. and up and down the country, people have been holding street parties to celebrate. one of the biggest was in windsor s long walk, where tens of thousands of revellers turned up. welcome to bbc news. a third day of celebrations for the queen s platinum jubilee is underway. in the past hour, an open air concert at buckingham palace has got underway, where prince charles will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. let s go live to the palace and my colleague katty kay. have joined just havejoined just in time, sam ryder hasjust wrapped up. the havejoined just in time, sam ryder has just wrapped up. the concert is fully under way, going on for about an hour now. the crowd is delighted with what they have seen. it has been an amazing show, i feel incredibly lucky to watch from here, seeing the big screens an
a very warm welcome to a beautiful day here at buckingham palace. the queen has thanked all those involved in her platinum jubilee celebrations, as four days of events get under way across the country and the commonwealth to mark her 70 years on the throne. in a special message, the queen said she continued to be inspired by the goodwill shown to her and that many happy memories would be made during the festivities. there s a lot planned for the occasion from today here in the uk today and tomorrow there are two public holidays, meaning a four day weekend for the country. later today, it s trooping the colour, the queen s official birthday parade, which ends with an raf flypast watched by members of the royal family on the balcony of buckingham palace. also later beacons will be lit throughout the uk, channel islands, isle of man and uk 0verseas territories. they will be also lit in most of the 5a commonwealth countries. on friday, a service of thanksgiving will take p
but domestic abuse campaigners worry about the message it sends. and here at the home of cricket, the start of the test match summer, new captain, new coach, new england? so far, very good. good afternoon. the queen has taken the salute from the balcony at buckingham palace as trooping the colour begins four days of celebration for her platinum jubilee. there are thousands of people here lining the streets, and we ve spoken to some who ve come from as far away as australia and the us. in a message to mark the event, the queen, who is the world s oldest reigning monarch, said she hoped the celebrations would create many happy memories for people. at 96, her mobility is limited, and she restricted her appearance to the palace balcony, instead of inspecting the troops in person, as is traditional. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. for all that she wants thejubilee to be about communities coming together, creating their own precious memories, in the end, it is a